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2026 Month of Giving

Spotlight On Our Mission

Month of Giving 2026 will tell the story of All Within My Hands. For many of you, this will be a refresher. And if you’re new, it will serve as the perfect crash course to catch you up on what we’re all about. We’re so excited for you to join us as we drill down on what is at the core of our mission.

The work of All Within My Hands is held up by three pillars, and throughout this month we’ll explore how each works individually and, finally, how they work together to create sustainable communities. 

SPOTLIGHT ON WORKFORCE EDUCATION

With support from sponsor Wolverine, week one will dive deep into our work within the skilled trades. 

AWMH supports workforce education through the Metallica Scholars Initiative (MSI). We established this program in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges in 2019, supporting 10 schools. In less than a decade, we’ve expanded to 75 schools, with a presence in all 50 United States, plus the territory of Guam.

While MSI is now a nationwide program, our focus remains at the local level. This scholarship is designed to invest in the individual. Through workforce and technical education, students can pursue higher-paying jobs and establish stable careers, empowering them to support themselves and their families. In turn, these trade jobs provide essential services, thereby improving the overall health, sustainability, and quality of life in their communities.

By funding community colleges, we are able to help students—Metallica Scholars—change the trajectory of their lives through certification programs in as few as three to six months.

SPOTLIGHT ON THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER

Sponsor CNH will join us during week two, as we focus on combating food insecurity.

The fight against hunger is where the seeds for AWMH were planted. For years, Metallica quietly prioritized supporting local food banks while on tour. As social media became increasingly ubiquitous, it became obvious that the positive impact could be amplified by encouraging others to join in. If friends and fans were inspired by how Metallica chose to give back, that could mean fewer people going to bed with empty stomachs.

Now, Metallica continues to donate a portion of ticket sales from every show to a local food bank in each community visited on tour. But that’s not all. AWMH often sponsors events at these food banks, so fans can donate their time to support operations by executing work that the nonprofit organizations rely on volunteers for. The band was also an early adopter of reducing food waste on tour, arranging for leftover catering to be donated, now a common practice in the touring music industry.

Additionally, AWMH has leveraged partnerships with World Central Kitchen (WCK) and Feeding America to increase our reach and make sure our dollars are spent efficiently to feed as many people as possible.

SPOTLIGHT ON CRITICAL LOCAL SERVICES

Upstaging, Inc. will be our week three sponsor, as we delve into the importance of critical local services.

Critical local services take many forms, but the overarching goal is to create safe, thriving communities. The band was inspired to include this in the AWMH mission, providing flexibility to lend help outside of our primary initiatives, by a disaster that occurred in our own backyard, coinciding with the launch of the Foundation. In 2017, a firestorm swept through Northern California—a tragedy that has occurred several times since.

To maximize our impact on a larger scope, AWMH has partnered with Direct Relief to provide immediately needed medical resources in response to disasters, including hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, wildfires, and the COVID-19 pandemic. We have also partnered with Team Rubicon, a nonprofit that works to ensure roadways are accessible to provide relief and allow evacuations, and helps to rebuild homes and communities during the recovery period post-emergency. Additionally, Metallica has expanded the tour grants to include local shelters that provide safe, reliable housing and services to people in need.

HOW THE PILLARS OF OUR MISSION WORK TOGETHER

The final week of Month of Giving 2026 will be supported by our newest sponsor, ServiceTitan, and will examine how the different areas of our mission work together.

On the surface, the three branches of our mission seem unrelated, but when it comes to supporting sustainable communities, everything is intertwined.

Take critical local services, you might initially think of emergency medical attention, public safety organizations, and evacuation processes. An overlooked component of disasters is the lack of access to food, particularly with nutritional value. That is where World Central Kitchen comes in. WCK is the first to the frontlines, providing fresh meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises. We have partnered with the nonprofit to provide food to Ukrainian refugees; hurricane victims in Puerto Rico, Florida, Mexico, Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas; earthquake victims in Turkey and Morocco; and flood victims in Texas. Ensuring people and communities have access to healthy food IS disaster relief, and it is a critical local service.

Another forgotten component of disasters is the recovery period. The immediate relief required in an emergency is what gets the media attention. But what happens when the cameras are gone, and communities are left to rebuild their lives? Our Metallica Scholars Initiative includes areas of study that also aid in both disaster relief and recovery. When it comes to emergency response, we support Public Service and Safety programs, primarily Fire Academies, at five schools. The longer recovery period relies on skilled tradespeople with certifications in construction, advanced manufacturing, health sciences, and so much more. MSI supports these studies across the country, training not just a workforce, but the essential workers of tomorrow.

Finally, it was our honor to spotlight many of our partner community colleges and their efforts in the fight against hunger over the past several months. While not directly AWMH programs, these stories exemplified what it means to invest in a community. The same schools in which we help fund career and technical education programs are prioritizing food banks and campus markets to ensure their friends and neighbors are fed and cared for.

At the end of the day, we know that focused, local investments have tremendous ripple effects, resulting in healthier, more sustainable communities. We are so excited for you to join us in our many #MetallicaGivesBack campaigns.
 

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